Thanks for the thread with the links to others. Good question as I was looking at the same Char-Griller set up, but I did not need the gas grill. since I just got the Boil-King XL. I was trying to figure out how to add a gas burner to the smoker box, so I would have options, charcoal or gas in the smoker box. seeing what happened to Smokaholic's you can see that they suggestion about having the temperature in the side box, stay below 400F as pointed out in the owner's manual. I guess that you can not use wood only, due to the size limits of the side box....
This poses a question that I have. Due to the smaller size of the main barrel, does that affect the heat transfer or trap the heat in the side smoker box? Allow me to reword that question, if the first one didn't make sense right off. When using the side smoker box, is there an advantage to having a larger main barrel?
Sketter, the only other thing which you should consider, how many weekend BBQ parties are you planing and the number of people you are going to smoke or cook for... In this case size does matter. LoL
Food for thought,
GGG